Beloved
An emancipated slave is haunted by the ghost of her dead daughter -- a shattering portrait of trauma, memory, and freedom.
Mood Dark & Gritty
Pacing Slow Burn
Complexity Dense & Rewarding
Pages 352
Reading Time
~12–18 hrs
An emancipated slave is haunted by the ghost of her dead daughter -- a shattering portrait of trauma, memory, and freedom.
About This Book
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A spellbinding novel that transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. With a new afterword by the author. This "brutally powerful, mesmerizing story” (People) is an unflinchingly look into the abyss of slavery, from the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner.Sethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free.
Who This Is For
Best for readers who want something unflinching: morally complex, heavy, and honest about the worst of things. This is a book that asks something of you. Dense, layered, and best read slowly. It takes its time, and that's the point. Patience is rewarded. Not the right choice if you're after something comforting or redemptive.
Best Read When
Best read when you're in the mood for something dark and uncompromising, and a read that's slow and deeply immersive.
What It Explores
Beloved explores identity and the gap between who we are and who we pretend to be, loss and what remains after it, and redemption — whether it is earned, possible, or ever truly complete.
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